Episode 55 Feeling Queasy

Stump the Librarian

Feeling Queasy

Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “Why is there a metric system and an imperial system?” and “Why do people get seasick?” We also share a fact of the day about fast airplanes and recommend a library mystery novel. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Liz’s Fact of the Day: 1,000 Amazing World Facts

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C1018270

Jill’s Book Recommendation: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead

https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C943273

Concerning the metric system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtKbq_zAr-A

https://usma.org/origin-of-the-metric-system#

"Metric system." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Nov. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/metric-system/52355. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/measurement-system/108505

Concerning motion sickness:

https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/dizziness-and-balance/

https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/movement/2019/the-vestibular-system-the-brain-and-balance-013119

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2023.1150233/full

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/motion-sickness/#causes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_S._Cowings

Do astronauts get motion sickness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCBXiOvdCF4